DEACON FOR LIFE

Were there to be no support in the whole history of ethical and moral thought, were there no acknowledged confirmation from medical science, were the history of legal opinion to the contrary, we would still have to conclude on the basis of God's Holy Word that the unborn child is a person in the sight of God. He is protected by the sanctity of life graciously given to each individual by the Creator, Who alone places His image upon man and grants them any right to life which they have.

Friday, August 31, 2012

John Hopkins Researchers Make Stem Cells From Blood Cells

via pcworld.com

John Hopkins researchers develop a new way to create stem cells from adult blood cells that could one day lead to all sorts of new treatments.
By Kevin Lee

Stem cells are a miraculous cellular material that can be used to repair nerve damage, or even grow brand new organs. Researchers from John Hopkins Hospital may have discovered a new way to create stem cells using your very own blood cells. This newly developed method could actually revert adult red blood cells back into stem cells as though they came from a 6-day-old embryo.